Drawings of Mohammed

2005-12-27

Kurt Westergaard has drawn Mohammed with a bomb in his turban - thus showing a tie between Islam and terrorism. This drawing is the most controversial one - the one that is being shown in all the newspapers.

But which is the greater insult? A Danish artist indicating a connection between Islam and terrorism? Or those terrorists, who have killed thousands of civilians in New York, London, Bali, Madrid, Casablanca and Istanbul - and have done their dirty deeds in the name of Allah the Merciful?

If terrorism is an insult against Islam, why don't you fight terrorism instead of getting mad with a Danish artist, whose only crime is that he's pointing out your ostrich-like denial. Don't kill the messenger.

Hello Pakistan! Osama bin Laden has killed thousands in the holy name of Allah - and he's hiding in your backyard. If terrorism is incompatible with Islam, why don't you send a death squad after him - instead of an artist working in a far-away country you've never even heard about?

And so frigging what? Mohammed was a warrior, he had many wives (far more than the 4 allowed for all other Muslims), and to this day Muslim women wear "chador" and "burka", because Mohammed supposedly demands it. Read the Koran and the Hadith collections of Bukhari and Muslim, and you'll see that Høyer has made an accurate portrait.

Jens-Julius is rude - Mohammed tells the suicide bombers: "Stop, stop. We have run out of virgins."

Yeah, that's really insulting - especially if you're one of those psychos who believe that Allah the Merciful will reward murderers with 72 virgins in Heaven.

If Islam is a peaceful religion, then what's the problem? The real blasphemers are those who, on behalf of Allah, promise virgins to the killers. In New York, the last cries of the terrorists was "Allahu akbar", the same words they shouted as they cut the throats of the stewardesses.

Some imams out there are tempting wannabe killers with virgins in the sky, and these blasphemers are the ones, who are reducing Allah to a pimp.

It's a rather thought-provoking cartoon: "We have run out of virgins." From whence are they supposed to come, these virgins, which will serve the terrorists for all eternity? Are they created for the task? Or are they pious girls who as their eternal reward must be available for Mohammed Atta and his friends? Just imagine if the terrorists had seen Jens-Julius' drawing before September 11th. Maybe they would have had a second thought?

Added: Kurt Westergaard has been interviewed and he explains his reasons for drawing the bomb: The author of the bomb.

Dear sir It seems you know nothing about Islam and Mohamed,all Muslims condemned the terrorism and Usama Ben Laden acts and nothing in Islam promise murderers by virgins and all this naive lies. Please read about Islam before you stated falsehood. Do you think any reasonable person will beleive in a religion that encourage killing or murdering. Islam is to be free from from those who used Islam for political reasons or whatever. You also cannot understand the insult because the image of Mohamed in Muslim's eyes is holy and I want to know why to use this provocation unless one who wants to increase hatred and malice between Muslims and non-Muslims

First of all: The twelve drawings were published in a small Danish paper 4 months ago. It has never been intended for the 1,3 billion Muslims worldwide. Unfortunately some double-faced imams chose to take the discussion outside the Danish borders.

Without these imams, the whole thing would have been a local phenomenon and have been forgotten 4 months ago. If you have seen the cartoons and have been offended, then don't blame me, don't blame JyllandsPosten, but blame the imams who made the matter a global one.

The drawings are very mild - compared to what is being done regularly to our Prime Minister (often drawn as a caveman), our Queen (portrayed by several male actors) and indeed every famous or in-famous person or icon in the Western world. Make no mistake though - there are limits - for instance we have blasphemy and racism laws in Denmark.

A Danish author wanted to write a book about Mohammed - as he has already done with several other historical persons - and he found that he was unable to find an artist. Muslims have a reputation for extreme violence - I need only mention the case of Theo van Gogh - and the reactions to the 12 innocent drawings show that these fears were far from unfounded.

The paper JyllandsPosten asked 40 artists to give each their own interpretaion of Mohammed. Twelve of these artist replied with a drawing and JyllandsPosten printed them - along with an explanation, that you can't have a democratic society, where one community demands special treatment from everybody else.

Throught the blog, I have seen muslims and other ppl just abusing one another. The right way is to educate people of who we really are, and what islam really is. Many people just listen to rumors and put an idea about a releigon and the poeple. If there is a muslim terrorist, so does a christein, jews, ethiest, hindu and any other terrorist exists. So y comparing all muslims and islam to what those terrorists has done. So all this fight and whatsoever is useless and ridicuouls. And you know what, whoever mocks about anything, the best thing or way is to show him the true thing, and it is upon him/her to beleive or not, but not to go on fighting like animals. Grow up people. Releigon is a personal issue of every individual, do not mix it with culture, politics or god knows what.

yes, may be the islamic world has demonstrated its feelings in an excessive and bad way. but ı believe democracy also is the tolerance and this should not be one-sided. ıf a country behaves carefully and also minds the others' vulnerabilities, it would be better and therefore nobody would be hurt. I think Denmark is not very successful at this. and unfortunately, ı see that the reasons they bring to justify these cartoons are not so logical. ı hope this kind of abuses do not go on...

First of all, what is your ambition? To provoke muslims and cause a war between christians and muslims? It is obvious that you never read and you know NOTHING about muslims. Your foolish drawings proves this. Please respect other people's holly values. Never forget that you are not alone in the world.

Omer Mirap, the drawings were not not in your country. It was drawn by people in a free country. Complain if the violation was in your country. Why threatened with violence people? Do Muslims know no language except "violence" or "kill?"

If islam means peace, then why burn down embassies, churches and threaten to kill people. terrorists are holding Islam hostage and muslims are not trying to get it back. A terrorist once told be that Islam is not a peacefull religion and told me several stories of what he has seen or heard. I break muslim law at least once a week, I eat pork, but I am not a muslim. I also have "the" cartoon as my desktop. Muslims should stay out of countries that allow freedom of speech if they will not allow non-muslims to exerise those rights.

Me again, I was deeply offended when I saw people in the street of the middle-east cheering as the twin towers fell. I did not blow any buidings up, threaten to kill anyone or request an apology from that countries leader. Those people exerised freedom of speech however distastefull (to me) it may of been. Proud to be an american, love it or leave it.

I believe that the Danish Government has failed managing the crisis. Both the Government and the Paper Adnminitation behave as if they came from the Moon and can not somehow bring themselves to understand what is going on in the World.

It seems ironic to me in this whole situtation that muslims are responding to a cartoon of mohammed with a bomb....by using bombs and violence...Ironic isnt it?. I have to applaud those who did do peaceable protest.. I for one always believed that islam is not a violent religion as i have done readings of the koran, but its hard not to draw conclusions. All you see is chaos and violence....maybe if muslisms didnt respond to such things with violence, people wouldnt draw conclusions, but it is hard not too today. After seeing all these images, i have come to believe that it is today violent.

Also, i seem to remember many muslims cartoonists drawing our dying pope as a child and lampooning other parts of christianity. Also, i heard about muslim cartoons against the virgin mary. I guess it is alright for muslims to assault our religion....you dont see us burning down embassies whenever such a cartoon appears. The image of the trade centers burning and celebrations going on in the muslim world, beheading of innocent journalists, and "Down with america" is forever etched in my mind. Islam is held hostage by terrorism and it is a shame to see that. Maybe one day we can learn to just get along for all of our sakes

I'm from Indonesia, THE WORLD LARGEST POPULATION OF MUSLIM! and i lived in Malaysia for three years(ALSO A MUSLIM COUNTRY!) and i have to say that Islam is a non violance religion. Its true that certain group of people did lots of bad things in the name of Islam, but to look at the Islam concept and the Muslim people to be the same like those who did bad things is absolutely WRONG! I prefer to blame the individual rather than the religion.

But on the other hand, I also DISAGREE with those who bombed / burned / killed / hurted / banned / did anything bad to Danish or Western people ( since U.S also mentioned in some of the riots). I prefer the 'peace' protest. You dont have to hurt others to voice up your opinion. I also think it was stupid for what happened in Malaysia that they were saying protest and created problems to Denmark, Israel, and U.S (Man.. the cartoon was from Denmark, what the hell Israel and U.S. did??). I just think that all those people who create problems are STUPID! (again, its the PEOPLE NOT THE RELIGION!)

And as for my self, my opinion is that Denmark is a liberal country. When i saw the cartoons, i put my self as a Danish (bcoz it supposed to be read by Dannish), and i do not think that the cartoon offends me (Danish is a liberal country, thats the fact! and as a matter of fact, Danish are not so into religion). Danish people may take it 'easy'. Or eventhough perhaps some bad comments would raised, i'm sure protest would happen quitely n peacely, unlike the situation today....

hey!see! i have seen all the cartoons and i found this one(with mohd's turbune in form of a bomb) a real insult to the religion. other's are not really insulting, however the muslim community is a lot conservative and religion-tied and thus they have a tendency to over react.

i am an indian (a secular country with 18% of muslim population) and follow hinduism.in india we have been having a lot of clashes with muslims.so i think i can give a justified comment on the cartoons.

first of all! a prophet is above any insult or criticism.the problem here is of a hurt ego. we all are facing the terror spread by terrorists. but its not fair to pose a muslim prophet a terrorist as these people, themselves dont have any idea of what islam says and believes in.and if Danish is really a peaceloving state then i would reccommend a formal apology from the newspaper( internationally)this is all what i haveto say.

MAY GOD BLESS ALL WITH PEACEFULL THOUGHTS THAT MAKES THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE IN !!! AMEN

Can somebody explain where it says that it is mohamed ? It's not clear to me why people see that picture as being mohamed , is it because of the scripting on his (i'm not english so i don't know the exact word in english) hat ?Ok now i found it... it has a context.Because in the title of the article it gives a drawing of how he ight have looked.

When it came out i thoughted it was about the heat up going on in the middle-east. Nothing to do with terrorists. In fact i've seen several drawings like those in the past decade from earth in shape of a bomb, to local politicians to catholic imagery.

One thing that bothers me as a person and conflict with the basic human right when you get born: be free. There has been so much dialogue with muslims about not respecting their culture and how they are.Cartoons have been in the western world for so many centuries and are a part of the western culture so why is their no understanding why we have such unimportant drawings.Every culture has little cultures in those...Not everybody can know all of them or what might shock persons.

It's the same problem with left wings against extreme right, the more you bring it up the more worse it will get. You just leave it alone and it will fade out, not fight it.If they haven't brought it up, only 1 million people might have seen it ... now billion.

Excuse me mister, what do you think of yourself ,u know nothing about islam and by saying that those ppl drawing those pics waz not really that offensive then u are terribly mistaken. U were rambling on about the muslims being the terriorists,what do u call ur "DEAR DARLING" ,"BUSH" then ,the guys attacked Afghanistan and killed the innocents too,nobody had a problem then. U know what if u really want to write something do your homework and know ur facts before rambling on whatever gibbrish comes in ur close to empty head.U have no right to comment on anybody`s religious beliefs.And by the way islam is not about voilence ,it is the most peaceful religion in the world.Just because of some extremists u cannot assume anything about this religion,and by the way do you only listen to terriorists and extremists,want to know about islam then read the islamic history and by the way EVERYTHING in our religion has some logic ,which unfortunately fools and idiots who have nothing to do but to ramble foolishly,cannot understand

dear all, i think islam no accept ever the terrorisim concept, but also there are a big different between terrorism ans self defence which muslims do in some countries such as palastine and part of iraq (not all cases in iraq ) because killing not guilty people is a very bad thing in our religion, but in all cases, inserting pics for prophet mohammed is a wrong action and increase the gap betwwen islam and west countries and i want to ask the one who translate this pics ... if u see that usama ben laden do this and that and .. and ... etc. why didn't the artists draw pics with usama instead of prophet mohammed ...please if u really fair ..ask your self this .... because i am a muslim and have not any religion document told me that prophet mohammed ask us to kill peopele ever. and another request ..please try to read more about islam ..but not from cheap papers or internet ...but from trusted islamic sources in your country ...and if u are really fair we will have another conversation and u will be able to understand us ...best regards, and thanks to allA. Taha , EGYPT

I have the Mohammed with bomb on my desktop since I am amazed by the rage it inflamed in some countries. First of all, I would like to know what is written on the bomb/turban. I do not read arabic so please translate for me. Second of all, I don't find the bomb is hidden...it is very clear, and I even believe basically the bomb is a part of his head. So no terrorist for me but more like a prophet that is going to die very soon...what does the maker want to say here? Mohammed was a terrorist...? OR the Islam is dying as the West (read the U.S.) is demoralizing Muslims youth at the speed of light (read tele-vision). All interpretations are possible, what a great cartoon, it could have been a great start for a discussion. But, that I say as a white atheist with a university degree. Hope we can someday live and draw cartoons in peace together.

> sandermanwhat a great cartoon, it could have been a great start for a discussion.

Many of the cartoons raise interesting points. For instance, when Mohammed tells the suicide bombers, "Stop, we have run out of virgins" - you might start asking questions like: Does Allah promise the terrorist 72 virgins in the Quran? Why would Allah the all-Merciful reward terrorists? Who is it that makes these promises on behalf of Allah? Where do the virgins come from? Have Allah created them for the purpose? What happens when you get tired of them after a few trillion years? Can they become tired of you? etc. etc.

Hi people, I don`t have a religion, but I look at people who do & "boy" why would you want any religion,you all put women down,think you are better than your fellow man,not just Islam all religions.And somebodie you have never seen watches you all the time,give me a break,I think that is called being paranoid.Aaargh yeah and if they don`t agree with you ,"KILL EM".Why don`t you all just get a life,help stop poverty,desease ,injustice, the enviromental crisis and have some fun.Religion is just some-one else to blame because you don`t have the guts to live life.HAVE SOME FUN....cheers Robert

Here is my question: If you are so convinced that your religion is the "answer" and you are devout to Allah and Mohammed, then why are you worried about a stupid cartoon? Why do you need such earthy, tangible demonstrations of your faith? I don't get that. Jesus Christ was ridiculed and tortured and killed. Yet he still believed in the beauty of humanity. And we as Christians strive to live as he did: loving one-another, living in peace, forgiveness and tolerance. God and Christ dont expect that we are all perfect, but that we 'try' every day to live up to his will. Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. I have FAITH. I don't care what you may say about my religion. I have FAITH. Why can't you? This is what I do not understand about the Muslim faith. I for one, as a woman, would NEVER want to be a Muslim. I believe that God loves me and forgives me and will welcome me into heaven with all my sins and faults because God loves us. Oh my God you are here.Oh my God we are here.You are where we are always, and always you love us.I think all Muslims need to step back, take a deep breath and stop this insane jihad. If you truly dont want to convert the world to your ways, then get over yourselves and move on. Let the rest of us live in peace.

Listen, it is very hypocrtical when Muslim countries today disrespect others religious beliefs. In Northern Cyprus the Turks deface images of saints and use churches as stables. which is worse. respect gets respect. should christians riot when muslims are disarespectful. remember in afghanistan, when they blew up one of the oldest buddhist works of art carved on the side of a mountain.

> Peterin afghanistan, when they blew up one of the oldest buddhist works

I remember it well. And I don't recall any Muslim outrage at that time!!

The crazy part is that Muslims are also destroying Muslim holy places. Sounds unbelievable? Well, the Wahhabists are a rather new sect, who don't allow any kind of depictions or idols.

So the Saudis have "leveled the "Jannat al-Baqi" or "Heavenly Orchard" at Medina that included graves of the Prophet Muhammad's son Ibrahim, as well as numerous of the Prophet's relatives and original companions."

Thanks for publishing these caricatures . . . from the earlier descriptions, I expected horrible cartoons . . I did shake my head with a smirk and finally laughed at how ridiculous the outrage is, not the representations. . . .if someone does not want to LOOK, then don't! The truth hurts, ha? Some people LOOK for reasons to fight, kill and threaten . .others LOOK for reasons to love and to be kind. . . if EACH HUMAN BEING takes care of him/herself. . and does only one thing: to be kind, peaceful to him/herself. . this would be a peaceful world. . each SINGLE person DOES make a difference . . .and it starts with each person him/herself.I did not see any blasphemy in the caricatures, yet I READ words that portrayed it . . words create wars . words can create peace . . .

Hi there, I believe everyone entitled to their opinion, freedom of speech does exist. However, there are people who used it in abusive way and claimed that their opinion is a fact. I can have an opinion that your mom is a whore and your dad is a cock sucker , but it's not true, it's not a fact.

These cartoons and also this blog of yours are opinions, you can say whatever you want to say, for me, it's just gonna be your opinion, and I think everybody has to be brave to speak their mind, no matter what it is. BUT ... ! Not everybody can agree with me, to take all of these as just opinions. Lots of people will find some opinions are offended, big time. Especially moslems, when it comes to their faith.

My OPINION about this blog and these cartoons is that, they shouldn't have been published, because these such things can create chaos, and yeah ... duh it happened already, and will be used and strecht (oh yeah that happened too), for others for their advantages. To create war, and hatred between moslems and non moslems.

I am a moslem, I went to 8 years islamic education, and never they thought me to kill and bomb people. If they did, if indeed in Islam, in the Koran it teachs you to be terorist, then how come not all the moslems in the world become terorist, how come me and my whole family, every moslem that I know in my country, Indonesia (the largest moslem population in the world) are not terorist? Most of the moslem even condemned terorist and never agree with the whole ideas.

So, explain to me why you think the Islam, the Koran, Mohammad, are close to terorism?

Nazi had killed 7 million jews, and they are not moslem.

Terorist often justified what they did with their religion, in the name of Allah, but, that's not true, they didn't do it for the religion, they did it for other purposes, their own purposes, mainly political purposes.

So, that's all I have to say, you can say whatever you want to say, but don't be so sure and claim it as facts.

These cartoons are creation of a wierd and a sick mind. Wierd because they depict thinking beyond facts of a religion as it is known to be peaceful. Sick because deliberatley or not they have hurt a lot of peaceful Muslims who would never take to streets and are contibuting to the so called western world more than many so called westerners. These so called free for speech people in west prefer to do to all sorts of wrong things in the name of freedom for speech and expression. That hardly is civilisation.

Just a reminder from history. How many counries from west had set up colonies in other countries. It was the Great British, the French, the Dutch, the Portugese, the Italians, the Spanish who had set these colonies up in the past. It is the USA now who is is behaving as a colonial power.

Invariably these powers looted and plundered those coutnries for centuries before leaving them. Locals were oppressed. When these powers left those colonies they left the stooges behind them.

Those who detest the so called colonial powers or the western world do for a reason. Even today colonialism goes on. It is more of an economic colonialism and use of modern war fare. Many of the people you see on streets are illitarte in poor countires where governments have not broken the shackles of colonialism.

These countries might be free but their populaion is not free from the shackles of uneducated, hungry and poor population.

But there is a reason why they respond to provcations from the so called educated, rich and well fed nations. These powers use the 'freedom of speech' and 'democracy is power' as an excuse. These excuses should not be a reason to hurt emotions of these innocent people who hold relgion as a great strength. Also they respect those who enlightened them with this strenght. They not only hold Muhammad (Peace be upon him) as a most respectful but also more than 100000 other prohets that have come to this world including Jesus Christ.

Now I think the Cartoonist is educated but not enlightened enough to know these complex issues.

Power of pen and press is great and should never be abused.

What else can one expect from a non serious cartoonist who has abused this power and led to more gap between the two civilisations rather than bridging it?

These impressions are from an educated but not sure an enlghtened muslim.

Muslims have been fould by Mohammed thinking that he was a profet but no profet of God would have live the unmoral life he lived with lots of women and rape of a minor, or have tought the way of war and discrimination.God is Love.Everything else is the work of the devil.This is the teathing of Jesus Christ

Its very easy to pick comments and use individual statements in isolation.

Fact is that Muslims brought civilisation to Spain and many other countries and many scholars were responsible for ending atrocities committed by non believers and then left them in safe hands.

As for Prophet and His wives.. he married them for a reason of good and not for the lust as it happens in the so called free world. Where highest rates of crime are sexual offences and alcohol induced intoxication leading to abberration of human ethics.

He married those who were in need, destitute, orphan and poor. It is only wierd mind they way think and portray the HELPER and THE SAVIOUR. HE brought an end to worship of Idols and brought supoorted women for freedom.

It is mazing how muslims on this Blog try and convince with logic and the others who have no argument simply use a language which is unbecoming of civilised world.

Many Muslims and Christians have never read the Koran. Here are selected verses:8:39 And fight [unbelievers] on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevail justice and faith in God altogether and everywhere.9:5 But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the Pagans wherever ye find them, and seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem (of war); but if they repent, and establish regular prayers and practice regular charity, then open the way for them: For Allah is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.9:29 Fight those who believe not in God nor the Last Day, nor hold that forbidden which hath been forbidden by God and His Apostle, nor acknowledge the Religion of Truth, (even if hey are) of the People of the Book until the pay the Jizya [tax on non-Muslims] with willing submission, and feel themselves subdued.9:123 Section 16. O ye who believe! Fight the Unbelievers who gird you about, and let them find firmness in you: And know that Allah is with those who fear Him.47:4-6 Therefore, when ye meet the unbelievers (in fight), smite at their necks; at length, when ye have thoroughly subdued them, bind a bond firmly (on them): thereafter (is the time for) either generosity of ransom: until the war lays down its burdens. Thus (are ye commanded) … But those who are slain in the way of God, -- He will never let their deeds be lost. 5 Soon will He guide them and improve their condition, 6 and admit them to the Garden [Paradise] which He has announced for them.

I am Ajay from India.I am a Hindu person. I condemn whatever riots have been done by the muslim people, but sometimes I think, what else they can do. God can never be a topic of fun, you have many subjects to draw cartoons, why do you want to use god. It seems the western world thinks that all Muslim people are terrorists, since they are depicted that way by the media, a wrong message is passed to people.

dear sir!i am a muslim from pakistan, and as a muslim, i have a duty to clarify the misunderstandings you have abt Islam and our Prophet(PBUH)

firstly, about the promise of virgins. Allah has promised that those who do "jihad" will be rewarded with virgins in the heaven. now, to the west, jihad means terrorism, while actually it isnt!Jihad literally means to exert utmost effort, to strive, struggle. this can also include war against unbelievers, but more than that it signifies war within oneself, to remain on the right track, fight the evil from within and not let evil conquer one's heart.This also includes preaching abt Islam and acquiring education. it is this form of jihad that Islam stresses upon more. as for fighting the unbelievers, that jihad is not meant to conquer land or gaining booty, but is meant to end agression. in the Quran, Allah says:"Fight in the cause of Allah those who fight you but DO NOT TRANSGRESS LIMITS!!!(2:190)at the battle of Badr, the Holy Prophet(PBUH) said:"You shall not be the first to attack. You shshall not permit personal hate or revenge sway your hearts while fighting.You shall not raise your arms against anyone who is not a party to the fight.You will spare the old and sick.You shall protect women and children from injury."at the battle of Uhad, he had said:"you arent fighting for neither land nor wealth nor bloodshed but merely to defend the word of Allahj and to keep high the banner of truth."At the battle of Khyber when some of his followers forcibly took the animals and fruit trees of the Jews, he became angry and said:"Allah hasnt permitted you to enter in the houses of the people of the Book, except with their permission, or to torture their women, or to eat their fruits, when they have fulfilled their terms with you."so, how can you blame our Prophet(PBUH) as a terrorist when he laid down such just rules for warfare? the people who portray the last form of Jihad as the true JIhad are to blame and Not our Holy PRophet(PBUH).He even discouraged keeping of slaves. He even married the female captives of war and laid the terms that if anyone did anything wrong, as a compensation, he must free a slave.Islam teaches peace and tolerace as the foremost things. Unfortunately, many have forgotten these things while demostrating against the caricatures.Also, Islam teaches us to respect others' religious beliefs, and we also consider the biblical prophets as prophets of Allah. thus, if Muslims draw cartoons of of Noah or Ezekiel or Jeremiah or Jesus, that is equated as a blasphemy and is severely punishable, just as is drawing Allah or Prophet MUhammad(PBUH). and as many westerners justify these cartoons by saying that muslim countries also draw cartoons of the Holocaust, these cartoons are not about any person in specific, unlike those published by the Jyllands-Posten, which portray a person who is rated NO.1 by Michael Hart!hope your misunderstandings are clarified now, or else, feel fre to caontact me!Saad Imran

You have done a good job of revealing the drawings that everybody is trying to hide, supposedly to avoid "offending islam" but actually because they are afraid for their lives. Kudos!I do have a problem with your interepretations, though - you accurately mentioned terrorism in many countries, but what about Israel? Hundreds of Israelis are murdered by terrorists each year, and many people in the world still think that "it is not the same thing". Until people realize that any type of terrorism is just as bad as the other, even if the murdered person is an Israeli Jew, nothing will change and the violence cannot be stopped.

this is what i dont understand. if islam is a religion of peace, and christianity is the religon of turning the other cheek, why cant we just shake hands, call it even and just enjoy the planet we have. there wont be much of a planet if the gun carrying cowboy and the angry rich kid just dont duke it out in the name of their country. our world makes me sad.

> Saad Imranso, how can you blame our Prophet(PBUH) as a terrorist ......

I don't think it was Kurt Westergaard's intention to call Mohammed a terrorist. He was probably pointing out that many terrorists around the world use the Koran to justify their atrocities.

Recently Muslims were demonstrating in London, carrying signs saying "Europe you will pay, your 9/11 is on the way", "7/7 is on its way", "Butcher those who mock Islam", "Slay those who insult Islam", "Behead those who insult Islam", and "Kill those who insult Islam".

Danish television interviewed an English imam - living of English welfare and under English protection - who pronounced a death sentence on all 12 artists. Does the schmuck even realize that Arne Sørensen has made a self-portrait? Or that Bob Katzenelson has drawn Kåre Bluitgen? Or that Lars Refn has drawn a young immigrant writing "Jyllands-Posten's journalists are a bunch of reactionary provocateurs" on a black board?

How retarded people can be. I know Muslims who can laugh with the cartoons themselves. If I, with a Christian background, would see cartoons, making a fool of Jesus, I would not be pleased with it, but hey, I am not going to curse my fellow citizens, and that's the difference in how civilized one has become. Apparently a lot of Muslims have to go a looong way. Good luck!

How retarded people can be. I know Muslims who can laugh with the cartoons themselves. If I, with a Christian background, would see cartoons, making a fool of Jesus, I would not be pleased with it, but hey, I am not going to curse my fellow citizens, and that's the difference in how civilized one has become. Apparently a lot of Muslims have to go a looong way. Good luck!

First of all... It's pretty lame that people will run around killing others just because of a cartoon. Fine it depicts the Muhammed as a terrorist - Who cares! Its a cartoon right? Secondly, I do understand the offense taken by the Muslim culture - it goes against the ideals of their beliefs. I believe that both sides are a bit at fault here... we have to understand that the world is getting smaller and smaller and that the way of one culture will offend that of another - we must all try to respect other cultures beliefs but at the same if one is offended we have to try and understand without running around killing each other.The real problem here is religion. People love to claim how religion is such a good thing for people... not really - when you look at history and current events - religion pits culture against culture - "one God is better than the other." Its madness. So now you have divisons such as in Nigeria where people are killing others for their beliefs - the same gahd damned beliefs that teach us that killing is bad.You are all hypocrits and fools.

"Excuse me mister,what do you think of yourself ,u know nothing about islam and by saying that those ppl drawing those pics waz not really that offensive then u are terribly mistaken.U were rambling on about the muslims being the terriorists,what do u call ur "DEAR DARLING" ,"BUSH" then ,the guys attacked Afghanistan and killed the innocents too,nobody had a problem then.U know what if u really want to write something do your homework and know ur facts before rambling on whatever gibbrish comes in ur close to empty head.U have no right to comment on anybody`s religious beliefs.And by the way islam is not about voilence ,it is the most peaceful religion in the world.Just because of some extremists u cannot assume anything about this religion,and by the way do you only listen to terriorists and extremists,want to know about islam then read the islamic history and by the way EVERYTHING in our religion has some logic ,which unfortunately fools and idiots who have nothing to do but to ramble foolishly,cannot understand"

I say its quite a violent tone for someone that claims not to be violent, I hate come to dislike muslims and all they do, some of my family member have been injured in one of their cowardly attacks, and then when they run back to their desert caves we're supposed to just say "well there might be some innocent people so let's back of" well that doesn't cut it I say lets tracks all of them down and blow their brains (as far as they have any) out.

I mean no disrespect to any, that are honoustly still under the false impression that Islam is a religion instead of a terror front.

Why does there seem to be two teams that are muslims. Team A does whatever they want (killing, bombing, burning, kidnapping) and team B, that complains when the rest of the world gets pissed off with team A. We all know that both teams depend on each other, but nobody ever says it. Until islam denounces terrorism, there should be no apologies to anyone. As for the violent response to these cartoons, muslims are showing themselves in their true light. Lets see some protests against all these bad people that are pretnding to muslims, but are really terrorist.

The deepest truth is that we are born, all of us, with a free will to choose our thoughts and our actions. We, each of us, choose. We choose what we believe. One person chooses Islam to believe. Another person chooses Catholic, another chooses Shia, another chooses Methodist, another chooses Sunni, and another chooses 'not to choose' a religious belief. So much choosing...based on what? Birthplace? Ancestry? Truth? Facts? Faith? Need? or Logic? Every religious book, leader or prophet will tell you they are the only true belief/faith. How can a human mind choose the real true one? Here is the difficult truth. What a person believes to be true(reality), may only be a learned belief or faith. Anyone can say they know their religion is true, (and all others an insult to truth), but no person has ever proved with facts that their beliefs about spiritual existence are real. The real crime is that people are killed, because someone chooses to believe they have the truth.

I am from Turkey, and I am a atheist. The drawers of these cartoons want a war between muslims and christians. Of course they take command from someone (who earns money from that war?)

Further to that some terrorism groups are muslim, that is true. But lets think, adolf hitler is a terrorist, isnt he? Of course, he is murderer of billions people. Can you blame Christ for those killings. You can't, isn't you?

I hate all of regions. Because they are enemy of humanity and civilization. But there is a injustice, and I hate injustice. I have writing this article only that reason.

I am a christian and I too was offended by the drawings of mohammed. It's blasphemous, no matter how you put it, even if it's not against your own religion. Given, there are extremists who resort to violence, but that is not the majority of muslims. Islam is a peaceful religion, and most extremists are breaking Islamic law when they use violence.There are Christian terrorists too, who bomb abortion clinics because it's against their religion, but we all know that is a very small group, and it does not represent all Christians. It doesn't matter how you justify it, they would not be cartoons if they were not meant to be offensive. Feel free to discuss how you feel about Islam privately, but don't publish it in a newspaper. If a middle eastern newspaper had published cartoons about Jesus being a terrorist, Christians would be extremely offended. We can't blame muslims for being offended, neither can we blame them all for the actions of a few.

I am an Indonesian and CatholicFor those who think that the artist of this cartoon is an idiot or stupid.... Think about how this artist gets the idea of this cartoon. He gets this idea, just like other people, from what the Terrorists have done recently in our world.First I want to point out that Islamic teaching is not violent. It is however has been misrepresented to the public thus people look at it differently. I recently has done a research about Saladin which surprises me that most books states that he is a merciful leader who likes to help others.!!!I have friends who are Muslims and they are nice to me and we have no conflict whatsoever.However, there are also Muslims who take their teachings in a different way or may be too seriously and carry it out violently. For example, the terrorists who are Muslims themselves have strict Muslims teachings and yet have impacted our world with violence and have given bad pictures to public about the Muslim teachings. The same in Indonesia. There are Muslim extremists who destroy church and embassies and they influence other Muslims that lack education to join their forces and do what they are doing. This really saddened me and I know this is not what Muslim teaching is all about.I just hope that this would end soon and we can see clearly who the bad guy is.

This is very interesting what you are considering here, I do not belong to any of the size, but I want to say something. I have to apple tree, I notice that most of the fruit from one thee are good, though some time I notice worm in some of the apples, now the other tree, has good apples, but I notice a greater amount of them vs. the other tree have worms, I might conclude that something happen with that tree, because it is giving me more bad fruit than the other, I have to go to the root, may be the problem is there. The same is with religions, one great prophet said: "By their fruitages will recognize those men". What I am trying to say is that, though all religions can, and have terrorist, Why it the fact that the great majority are muslims? I think there most be somthing wrong in the way thier leaders are teaching the people or there most be something wrong in their beleives...

I wonder...if I had not grown up in denmark (I was born here) but had lived my life in a warzone, would I understand the hatered better ? I propably would...I can understand people in the middle east getting pissed by having their country invaded, their families shattered and killed- and I can see those cartoons being a perfect media stunt for extremists in every culture.Denmark is not a homogenic tribe. In ´ethnic´ danish popularity, we have many diferent political and ethic lifestyles represented. Unfortunately, democracy (peace be upon it...) has been couped by extremists. War ? not in my name. Disrespect ? terrorism? not in my name. In yours ? Let he who is innocent throw the first rock. And let the rest of us learn from each others. First lession : please tell me how to reach extremists in any culture, and how to make them stop throwing gasoline on the fire...

you know what i think? i think that if the muslims cant take a joke then they are a bunch of pussies. because there are so many insulting things to everyone but we dont jump on a plane and kill 5,000 people just because somebody made fun of us. but if the terrorist over react because some stupid reporter or cartoonist made a bad report on them then they dont need to know about all the stuff kids and adults at school and work talk and draw about them or else we'd all be dead and if they scuicide bomb us enough theyll all die to they need to just chill the hell out, youll live longer.

To those who deceive westerner by saying Islam is Peaceful Religion and no killing or hate, I say to you please Go and read your Quran first and understand it then you can come back and say the trouth. Here are some verses from the Quran, go and check them.( And fight them until there is no more Fitnah, " disbelief and polytheism, i.e., worshepping others besides Allah" and the religion "worship" will all be for Allah Alone [in the whole of the world]. But if they cease "worshiping others besides Allah", then certainly, Allah is All-Seer of what they do.)"SURAH 8:39, The NOBLE QURAN".

In other words, this verse says, " fight those who reject islam until all the worship is for Allah alone." The Quran also says Muslims must not be friends with Christians or Jews.( Take not Jews and Christians as AULIYAA " Friends, protectors,helpers", they are but AULIYAA of of each other. And if any amongst you takes them as AULIYAA, then surely he is one of them.)SURAH 5:51 and on and on.....

Also I suggest to every one to read this Book: ( ISLAM AND TERRORISM) by Mark A. Gabriel, PH.D. a former professopr of islam history at Al-Azhar University in Egypt.Published by Charisma House.www. charismahouse.com

The drawing is an absoloute disgrace, and of course it will offend the millions of Muslims worldwide. The prophet Muhammad is someone who Muslims follow his actions. Those who call Muslims, terrorists, are those who only listen to the media. While the media is dubbing Muslims as terrorists, why not actually read the Qur'an (the book which the Muslim faith revolves around) and try to find where it agrees with these suidcide bombings. Islam is a peaceful religion, while a select few are trying to change it (I am talking about the extremists) These extremeists who call themselves muslims are an utter embarrasment as they are not following their religion at all, but giving it a worse name every day. In this world, there are of course a handful of people who do need psychological help - as to become a suicide bomber has to be one of the worst things a person can do. Bu everyone has to remember that these people are a select few and there is no way these people represent our religion.

I support Danish newspaper work. If Islam is that generous, it should show patient enough, I think all this controversy is created by Muslim countries Governments, had they would have down played this, nothing would have happened.

Means only Muslims themselves are responsible for what other communities are pointing them to.

If not so why can I not recall a single incident by any Religious head (of course other then Muslims) to call for holy war, so call Jihad!

Why only Muslims feel pride in blowing them selves off and killing other innocent people.

Well to me either there is serious flaw in Islam or these Jihadies are interpreting it wrongly.

But whatever the case, I would not go in details, only Muslims are responsible for it and if its leaders wouldn't change this perception, I think then may be in later half of my life I would see a serious clash of civilizations.

Well seriously I don't want of hurt any body’s feelings but I do feel Muslims have to think seriously about this.

Danish cartoon artist Kurt Westergaard, who drew the now world famous Muhammed with bomb in turban cartoon appeared on Danish national TV 24/9 in dialogue with one of the Imams who went to set the Mid-East on fire with the Jyllands Posten and the false cartoons.

It's a boost to moral to see how subtly but strongly the 71 year old cartoonist defends his turf,until his Muslim counterpart feels to sick with anger to continue the debate. Full transcript of the whole program in English. With images.

I have just returned from a vacation so I haven't followed the debate. As I understand it, the Islamist was Kasem Said Ahmad, who is not an imam, but who is (sometimes) a spokesman for the Danish Islamic Community and chairman of the Danish Islamic Burial-fund.

Reasonable people were led by one of the most insane people in the history of the world. Adolph Hitler. They didn't follow him because they were very stupid. They followed him because he convinced them to believe in his ideals and corrupted an entire country to follow even his most hiedeous orders. So, reasonable or not, I believe that a person who believes in something and has the encouragement of another to carry out vicious attacks on others, muslim or not they do exist. Hitler wanted to completely erradicate a race of people he felt were inferior to his race. The same is going on with the terrorists. They want to erradicate an entire group of people because they are "inferior" to them.... Please help me identify the difference......

Well now, lets talk a little about violance… we can let history be the judge of the last hundred years of violance… Lets start with world war I who started that? Was it Muslims who committed mass murder and who used biological weapons on cities and towns and killed hundreds of millions of people?? Was it Muslims or your own democratic diplomacies and inventions?? Ok lets go on to WWII now…who killed millions of civilians in Europe and Asia who invaded Asian countries for economic gain under the umbrella of spreading democracy? And who used the A-Bomb on Japan twice, should I also mention that it was the first time it was used, so don’t call Muslims terrorist because we refuse to be lay down our arms in front of the lying and untruthful west which steels our wealth and then offers us crumbs and expects us to be grateful. And of course if you don’t respect your prophets or religion, it doesn’t mean that we must be as disrespectful as you are…it is true that we may get violent protecting our religion, but history proved that you get ultra violent protecting your economic wealth, and the future will prove that once your economies fall because of energy crisis’s, you will take your democratic masks of again in your hunt for world dominance… and the real terrorists will stand up...again!

just i want to say only that you hindus and kafirs doesnt know how to respect your father and mother because you dont know who is your father and who fuck ur mother. thats why you dont have respect for them but we muslims know that how to respect our parents in same way we respect Mohammad(peace be upon him)more than our parents so that u are urine drinker of cows and buffallows you dont know God you dont know anything you are worst animals worst creature ,when you die and go to hails fire than you know what is God and what is religion thats all i want to bring your notice. and also i condemed those muslims given excuses about terriorism they dont know what is the reason behind them only that islam is growing fastly all over the world and non muslims are trying to defamous islam in the name of terriorism but they will not succeed remember my words.

just i want to say only that you hindus and kafirs doesnt know how to respect your father and mother because you dont know who is your father and who fuck ur mother. thats why you dont have respect for them but we muslims know that how to respect our parents in same way we respect Mohammad(peace be upon him)more than our parents so that u are urine drinker of cows and buffallows you dont know God you dont know anything you are worst animals worst creature ,when you die and go to hails fire than you know what is God and what is religion thats all i want to bring your notice. and also i condemed those muslims given excuses about terriorism they dont know what is the reason behind them only that islam is growing fastly all over the world and non muslims are trying to defamous islam in the name of terriorism but they will not succeed remember my words.

it is very necessary to know that who kills thousands of muslims in Gujrat and you ought to know that who killed thousands in kosovo and bosnia and its going on in afghanistan and iraq who killed millions in germany who killed in thousands in japan the killers were not muslims they were christian terriorists and hindu bloody terriorists if fight against unjustice is terriorism than you bloody are more terriorists than we muslims ...do u understand or not?if not open history books those were not written by muslims but non muslims and one thing remember that islam is the only religion and true religion of God there is no way to escape or hide for u..is that...?

i advice you all to read quran and its teaching and accept this book and embrace islam and save yourself going to hail fire because you are in blake hole and only the way to get out read holly book QURAN and be a good muslim. thanks

i want to tell jerry please mr jerry please make a picture of your mother's pussy and publish it all around the world and be happy with them because you dont know who fuck your mother and how you come on the earth thats why if you happy to see your mothers pussy in the news papper why should we do same thing ....is this correct mr Jerry

Oh mankind; listen well. I may not be with you much longer, the weak among you feed them on what you eat, dress them as you are dressed. You will meet your GOD and he will call you to account for your action. Let those who are present warn those who are absent. You are all descendent from Adam and the best among you is he who most regards GOD. Think deeply of what I say, let all you feuds be abolished, you must know that every Muslim is the brother of every other Muslim and all Muslims are brother of one another, between Muslims their are no races and no tribes. You must not take anything from your brother except what is given freely. Do not oppress and do not be oppressed. Oh my people I am but a man, it may be that the angel of death will visit me soon and death will overtake me. But I have left you a book, revealed by GOD, the Quran which is light and guidance”. At the end he repeated to the people the final revelation of Quran, the seal and termination, not Mohammad’s words but GOD’s words, "This day I have perfected your religion for you and completed my favour to you and have choosen for you Islam as your religion.”

I find the cartoon personally very offending, but what half of you here are saying about islam and terrorism is disgusting. You know what half of you dont know what your chattin about especcialy the none muslims here. You dont understand the humiliation we had to go through when we saw the images of the outrageous cartoons. You dont have to be a muslim to understand that, but half of you here make it seem as though Islam is the one to be blamed for this. its disgusting, you lot need to get your priorities' straight.

ستاد حزب مبارزه با ستم اسلامگرایان.و نحن الفاکرین الغالبونWe will have all hizbolla women fucked by dogs.Now God, say you must fucked Mohammad and Quran by send message to all people of world.This message sent from Iran

I am a muslim.. I've been a muslim for my whole life. but now i'm really surprise from the misunderstanding of the point of the islam. If I wanted to proove to the non muslims who have strong feelings against islam about islam they will not accept anything from me because they'll simply keep telling the ideas that they understood from their own feelings. No one can be objective and just give the islam it's fair share of explaining. Everybody can just read the Quran and the hadith and just state what they understood. What people understood is called an "opinin" and the opinion can never be a fact unless prooved! If you just want to proove your point by telling us "go and read the quran and the hadith".. then we already did.. but the difference is that when we read the quran we make sure to understand the right meaning of the word we read.. but when someone who already hates islam read the quran, he'll just tend to misunderstand the meaning of the whole thing and just turn the quran to the worst thing written. We want to stop terrorism because we're not the ones who started it!.. If you want the pure truth.. and you really want to understand our anger and our rejection of the drawn pictures, you just have to think a little bit in a wider prespective. Why do you insist on making our prophet as an evil man full of anger and terrorism and revenge? You dont know him, you only know the part of the whole story, you just cared to know whatever serves your case in making someone look bad.. The prophet is dead.. he's a role model to us.. he's a perfect man to us.. Why do you care so much about his looks or his person if you are not muslim? and if you are so curious to know about him.. why dont you read everything so that you can truely talk about him the way he is really? It is unfair to give such excuses to these drawers, for they do not do anybody any good..

hi there i laught a lot ... i dont know from where you have gathered that 72 virgins part but it is totally bullsh*t, i can believe that these suiciders can dream about that...btw i am muslim and i did see that you connected the symbol of terrorism and symbol of islam, muhammed... It can be true but u need to know religion is very sensitive you can see that people can explode themselves (even we know that it is a biiig sin to suicide since we believe that god will take our lives as he gave them before)so u need to take into account that this cartoons could be used as provocating material i can bet that most of them didnt even see these drawings.i know how easygoing the danish peole are about religion i was there(in Odense, in Bolbro) last year (2006-2007) for you it can be difficult to understand though i can understand but most of them didnt see that and blablabla

anyway it was only a small "sorry" what they wanted... it is all over now byebye

Oh, Please! They should forbid Muslims in Europe, you bastards are everywhere, also here in Ireland and here is something to shut you up, nobody asked you to come to Ireland and other European countries, and those who asked you expected to respect their way of life.

you are always trying to change things in Europe, promote laws and exceptions to Muslims, so I ask you, Why If a woman goes to most Arabian countries, she cannot drive a car and MUST dress appropriate according to you, if you have these laws and we don't complain, what is the big deal about us forbidding you to wear turbans, mistreating women and stop thinking that a girl who dress sexy is a slut? By the way I am a man and straight but consider women equal as man.

Hey, 50-50, you have your laws in your country, we want to have ours and if we want to draw Mohamed and publish the cartoons it is our business, I repeat, nobody asked you to come here, so if you emigrate to Europe, then behave to our standards or go home, as simple as that.

Why aren’t you more like Malaysians for example, they are moderate Muslims and most of them understand that if they emigrate to another country, they have to follow the rules and social rules after all, I repeat for the third time. NOBODY ASKED YOU TO COME HERE, so integrate or go home.

hello everybody! well, first of all i do not believe in such a thing: an inoffensive religion. if the catholics are not burning any heretic anymore, it's just because the Church has no more power in a secularised society. and that's, in my humble opinion, the most important problem in muslim states: they usually mix or associate political affairs with religious issues (the manifestation against Denmark, US and Israel is an extraordinary example i saw above). there should be no such a thing of a muslim state... it should be only a state where some muslims live in. a state where anyone, no matter their belief, could live in. by the way, the muslim law against whoever decide not to be muslim anymore is thoroughly against human rights and disrespect completely all other religions.

i think the real problem of any religion is not the religion itself but its institutional character, with all the power struggle inherent in the evolutionary process of proselytism. there is a huge gab between the peaceful sermon and the real attitude.

and the major problem of the human nature is its tendency to believe on whatever a charismatic person have said. in this case i love a buddhist sentence: do not believe on something just because they taught you so, but if, after reasoning, you understand it is good and peaceful, so do it. Some violent actions are just lacking of a convenient prior reasoning...

Hiba: 'the difference is that when we read the quran we make sure to understand the right meaning of the word we read'

ahaha... let me laugh.... no offense, but islam never allowed the work of a cientific exegesis (i am specialised in studying acient documents) because they believe their sacred book was written according to the will of good (i.e. there is no place for human work in there to be studied by the cientific community)... and believe me, the reading of a beliver, in any religion, is far from 'the right meaning'... such a reading is likely to be just a particular school of very tendent interpretation! for instance, it is impossible to get the true meaning of a text when the reader believes the author could not be wrong or is more than human or whatsoever... give me a break!

'and if Danish is really a peaceloving state then i would reccommend a formal apology from the newspaper'

come on, man, i'd rather prefer all those muslim leaders made a formal apology each time a fanatic bomb-killer muslim kill someone in the name of their god or prophet... in no way can we compare the drawings with a plot to kill someone! all muslim states should, in the name of their supposed peaceful and loving religion, formally apologise danish people for the behaviour of those five muslims who tried to kill an old cartoonist.

Which plot you fool people are talking about??Police has released already these youngers.The reason is that police has no any proof against them.So question is now how the bloody police arrested them without any proof.Its a big question.Can police arrest anybody without any proof and cry that they have arrested some muslims who were planing to kill someone.Now police saying they dont have any proof.Actually there was no any plot at all.This so called 'plot' was created by police and only police.Why??? Eevery body knows the answer but, how many have power to speak the truth?

see, good amount of violence is there in the books of islam, christianity and hinduisum. yes, still violance is there in all three religions till today. but christians and hindus violance were not under the banner of the religions but muslims are not.muslims shud be taught how to respect other countries and other religions. one muslim leader was in CNN said that " this whole world is blongs to allah , you people say that this is america and your land. the whole world is ours" whotta sick leader he is. this kind of statemets will gives such a bad taste.

ok. i didn't know that, but it doesn't change a thing of my point. i'd rather think the muslim leaders should apologise the Danish people for the aggressive manifestations occured in several muslim countries, and, most of all, for the nonsense of the more radical leaders' speech. it's completely disproportionated.

I have just read an interview the French newspaper Le Figaro made with the French philosopher Régis Debray, after returning from a trip in Israel, about his last book (Voyage au bout de la haine). I thought it was lovely. Look at this (my translation ok):

'The unfortunateness lies in that revelational religions are as much lethal as vivifying. The collective cohesion assured by those religions implies a demarcation in relation to the identity of their neighbours. That is, those religions, and also in a broader sense the cultures, build walls in the same measure that they put people together. I cannot grasp how we could bring together without putting apart. This tragic dimension is due not to the spiritual nature of the religions but to their intrinsic collectiveness.'

I'm wondering what would happen if Christ or Buddha were the target of a caricature for a change, or else the ones with a firm oppinion about a religious group actually take their time to learn about the facts that surround a status quo of a region.

'I'm wondering what would happen if Christ or Buddha were the target of a caricature for a change'

Gosh, you do not need to wonder anything, man! just take a look in any western newspaper and you'll see it is much more frequent than you'd think and nobody is killing nobody because of that. we even have lots of fun with it! hellooooo!!!!

I am not a muslim, but I can understand that these cartoons are offending. When it comes to violence, of course both muslims and non-muslims have killed millions of people in the path of history, and in the quran it sais (yes, I have read the quran) that you should never take a human life, unless your own life or the religion is in great danger. This can of course be intrepreted in many different ways, which is a problem. But I think that everybody knows (or shoud know) that all muslims are NOT terrorists!!! that is not the point. The point is that in a democracy (which Denmark is) everyone has the right to express and say and print whatever s/he wants to, this is called the freedom of speach. In my opinion, this right is far more important than if someone get offended. To be offended is something we have to live with. And as the danish artists are free to express their views of and interpretations and feelings about the Prophet, so are you muslims and everybody else free to express your views and feelings about it or about whatever! That's the beauty of it! The sad thing about this is that so many extreem muslims have reacted with violence - and thus made the distance and misunderstandings far worse between west and east. I think these pictures were unnecessary, but the danish artists have the right to do it. It is their opinion. They have the right to do it.

'in the quran it said that you should never take a human life, unless your own life or the religion is in great danger. This can of course be intrepreted in many different ways, which is a problem.

I do not believe it is a matter of interpretation, but actually the simple use of a considered-to-be-sacred book to justify unjustifiable violent actions, for example: to kill someone or pretend that an awful terrorist died as a martyr, as it's just happened with the death of the Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh. The intention to justify the action to be committed precedes the interpretation itself. To injury people is evil no matter what is written in a book, but fanatic killers cannot bear such a responsability, so they create some divine reasons to do it.

Although I share your point of view, I do not think we could find ambiguities such as the one you found in the quran in the speech of Jesus as it is written in the gospels. He explicited says that we need to endure and love our foes, but this doesn't impede Christian of burning people to save their souls neither the Roman Catholic Church of putting in its Catechism the rightness of the death penalty just some years ago. They've changed it not because of the love of Jesus, but simply because the western societies were shocked with such a discrepancy.

Also, the freedom of speech on which is based the democratic system is not as clear as this. We know quite well that our societies faces many discussions about the bounderies of such a freedom. In what extent can we use this freedom without its own annihilation? It's hard to answer that, but, as you said somehow, I also believe that it is something we've got to live with. But if it is already difficult to deal with it in our democratic countries, how can we expect the people from autocratic or theocratic countries, where one cannot even buy a red rose for the Valentine's Day, be able to grasp it? I think we're in this specific point reckon with a clash of civilisations.

Finally, I believe the real problem is not the possibility of many different interpretations of any sacred text, but the use of it to sustain violence and how the institutionalised religion based on such a sacred text cope with this issue, by supporting it or by repudiating it. Unfortunately, the muslim leaders haven't yet shown any disapprobation for the use of violence in their religion that could definitely discourage terrorism.

Dear Sir/Madam,It is good to see that there still are some healthy and sane people in this world that is run by fear, outside imposed intimidation and double standards. Rest assured that people of Serbia have always been on the same path with you and have rejected outside threats with passion and despise. Osama Bin Laden had terrorist camps in Kosovo and planned bloody break up with Serbia. When Milosevic savagely sent his tanks to kill a poor "freedom fighter", Americans bombed us. Instead of a big: "thank you", they've got 9/11 from their jihad brothers. Let me assure you that you're one of the few nations that recognizes that 99% of today's terrorism originates from uneducated and fanatical individuals (mostly Muslims) and that are not afraid to speak up. It's funny how small nations can be heroic and stand on guard for the whole humanity as we know it. Thank you and God bless!

'It's funny how small nations can be heroic and stand on guard for the whole humanity as we know it.'

Well, I am actually speaking from Brazil, but it's ok. I think this is a quite international discussion site, since I see a friend from Canada just above. Hence you have two big countries from the western hemisphere. And we are not from US...

Dear Sir,I'm Mexican, atheist and free thinker.Here in Latinamerican muslims are unknown, in a country of 110 million there is barely one mosque, smal, dirty and ugly. Nevertheless, the actions and protest of Muslims around the world seem to the common latin american citizen as acts of cazy people that love violence and would kill anyone for the sake of it. Islam has a terrible image here and its leaders do not help improving it.

well, it's so obvious how many "the free world's nations" are open-minded and tolerate (sarcastically) , however, i see that they (who committed that crime and who comment that vilely ) haven't even an iota of tolerance or understanding what going on around. they even haven't any basic knowledge about Islamic issues. so I can conclude that the only reason which stimulated them to comment that enthusiastic wildness is the big hatred they carry in their souls, besides the high rate of mental illness pervasive among them!Not to misunderstand me! But to see your prophet a purpose of a wave of misled hatred is really something hard to be silent about!!I'm profoundly sad to see all this hatred among our brothers-sons of ADAM AND EVE. we all humans and we all deserve to live peacefully.....Rabea AffanNAZARETH, ISRAEL

Dear Rabea Affan, I really like your thought, how you so clearly points out how important tolerance is for this issue. It was something that was lacking in this discussion. I believe tolerance's importance is even beyond that: it is the key concept to deal either with the rights of homosexuals and women in muslim states, or with races and ethnics struggle in divided countries like some African nations or even yours, or the contemptibility the societies of richer countries use to treat their immigrants. Besides, as you so nicely pointed out, the "free world nations" demands lots of tolerance if we are to achieve some peace in our planet. I would go even further: the whole world demands tolerance. We all need to tolerate and be tolerated: this is the ultimate truth.

However, there is just one point where I cannot follow you, or it's just a misunderstanding. I cannot accept that some drawings would have the power to input the feeling of detestation in our souls albeit the possibility of a perverse mental illness. This feeling of repugnancy against the cartoonist has its own resources and pre-existes the drawings. As any other aversion, it needs an excuse to come out: the drawings are such an excuse and only that. To believe that someone could be so sensitive that he could become violent after seeing a drawing is to mix the objectiveness of it with the subjectiveness of the violence. Two different realms... the fact that many affected muslims openly avowed not to have seen those drawings is an uncontestable proof of its nonsense.

Hope we reach one day this peace we all need. Hope the tolerance will change some regrettable characteristic of many religions and many societies.

dear commenter,it was realy nice reading your commentary, it was really nice to feel that somebody understands exactly what i meant by the concept "tolerance"!dear sir..to reach a state of "permanent peace" isn't really "mission impossible". we all are able to make a difference,every one able to give this small puff to push the peace's ship ahead which's barely float!by cooperating and by coordinating we'll be able to make even miracles!!;by removing all our masks of :race,colour,religion,status, gender,culture,profession,skills, etc..;after removing these masks we all will be able to see that we all are the same copy of Eve and Adam.

As a Muslim, let me mention one verse from the "quran"; this verse indicates and highlights the value of the souls (either of humans or of any other creatures); then the same verse indicates how much severe crime is to kill any soul (even of an insect) and incriminates who commits such crime !!so how some says that the quran incites to kill.eventually, i would like to interpret what i meant by "mental-illness" ,they are who realy incites on killing humans souls and they are the real pugnacious humans; and i point again: instead of exploiting your talent drawing our prophet and provoking whole nations ,YOU OUGHT TO EXPLOIT IT IN MANY OTHER DOMAINS SUCH AS:WAR,POVERTY,AIDS,etc...;WHICH BENEFIT ALL OF US... .

dear atheist,firstly i didn't mean to offend any specific group of people by forgetting it's own beliefs..but..you must understand what i meant exactly by my last commentary, you must understand the human purpose i was aiming to which will benefit us all no matter what are our own beliefs, or which religion we belong!!secondly, i was able to type the verse (it's not one but lot of verses incriminate killing souls) but i regarded that not all of the readers read Arabic so it'll be nonsense to type it in Arabic besides i haven't the best translation of it!!yours,RABEA AFFANNAZARETH,ISRAEL

I think I can understand a bit Ateist, because your mention of Adam and Eve annoyed me a little too, but, as you remarkably said, it was not your point, and I think it was quite clear you were talking about mankind and not about any specific group, so I let it go... the problem is that I really feel that the use of "Adam" in reference only with the male, an exaggerated macho way of thinking. As a matter of fact, Adam is both male and female, the separated part would become the woman and the remaining part the man (in hebrew ish and isha). I hope they didn't change the things when they put this hebrew myth in the quran... it would be a pity!

Anyway, I loved to become aware of Ask and Embla. Thanks a lot Ateist. Ah, I also visited the link to the quran you put there... man, what a fuck! Is it true? I was distraught! But, as the title of the site says, it may be written by conservative christians, so, maybe, they exaggerate a bit...

I think I can understand a bit Ateist, because your mention of Adam and Eve annoyed me a little too, but, as you remarkably said, it was not your point, and I think it was quite clear you were talking about mankind and not about any specific group, so I let it go...

The problem is that I really feel that the use of "Adam" in reference only with the male, is an exaggerated macho way of thinking. As a matter of fact, Adam is both male and female, the separated part would become the woman and the remaining part the man (in hebrew ish and isha). I hope they didn't change the things when they put this hebrew myth in the quran... it would be a pity! Saint Paul did it, in the borning christian faith, and he did worst: he put Adam as a man, and the man as a reflexion of God, Eve, the woman, being only the reflexion of the man reflecting God. This stupid change of the original myth let its deplorable trace in the Christianity, and marks the end of any matriarchal society. I think Saint Paul's misreading is due to his well-known misogyny... I hope it is not the case of your prophet... I really do!

Anyway, I loved to become aware of Ask and Embla. Thanks a lot Ateist. Ah, I also visited the link to the quran you put there... man, what a fuck! Is it true? I was distraught! But, as the title of the site says, it may be written by conservative christians, so, maybe, they exaggerate a bit...

The first thing that one should know and clearly understand about Islam is what the word "Islam" itself means. The religion of Islam is not named after a person as in the case of Christianity which was named after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gotama Buddha, Confucianism after Confucius, and Marxism after Karl Marx. Nor was it named after a tribe like Judaism after the tribe of Judah and Hinduism after the Hindus. Islam is the true religion of "Allah" and as such, its name represents the central principle of Allah's "God's" religion; the total submission to the will of Allah "God". The Arabic word "Islam" means the submission or surrender of one's will to the only true god worthy of worship "Allah" and anyone who does so is termed a "Muslim", The word also implies "peace" which is the natural consequence of total submission to the will of Allah. Hence, it was not a new religion brought by Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) I in Arabia in the seventh century, but only the true religion of Allah re-expressed in its final form.

The religion of Islam is not named after a person as in the case of Christianity which was named after Jesus Christ, Buddhism after Gotama Buddha

Dear RABEA AFFAN, I have the impression you're starting to reveal yourself... before starting to blame other people for not knowing the real meaning of the name of your religion, try not to criticize any other religion without knowing the real meaning of their names. Neither Christ nor Buddha are proper names. Christ is the greek translation for the hebrew "messiah" (masiah), and Buddha is a sanskritic/pali word fot the state of being achieved by Siddhartha Gautama, and means "enlightenment"... we are all to achieve it. I hope his light and peace will even come to you too one day...

It's really a pity that you, who showed yourself as a defender of tolerance, seems to lack it so much when you talk about other religions... like a crying child screaming that he/she is right while the rest of the world is damned wrong...

Anyway, I didn't know Marxism was a religion, and when you say that the word "Islam" means the submission or surrender of one's will it becomes much clearer for me about the real nature of your religion... not to talk about your special conception of peace which is rather bloody.

May the real god/peace/love open your mind one day and show you that your particular religion is not meant to embrace everybody...

Dear commenter,First of all it's quite obvious that u didn't go that deep required in order to figure out what I meant exactly!You even didn't pay attention that THESE ARE NOT MY OWN WORDS BUT I ADAPTED THEM FROM ONE SPECIFIC WEBSITE!!!It's not necessary these words to represent my point of view, moreover i already pointed out so clear and so fair my real own perspective!!then why didn't you comment that eagerly and that hastily while i was talking about the peace ship which barely float!!!secondly, tell me please (and I wait for your answer),suppose these were my own words, why if any Muslim represents his own opinion you generalize that opinion as if all Muslims said that same opinion !? and if anyone (non-Muslim) says aimlessly "kill all Muslims" aloud you even don't criticize that insane thought?!!! ...shall i conclude that they are permitted to kill while others are not permitted to cry due to pain!!!One fairly free-thought owner like you was supposed to analyze more logically and was supposed to dive deeper in thoughts and to show more capacity to understand people without underestimating and cursing them as you did to me!!AND THIS IS THE REAL PITY MY, SIR!!!think of it.Finally, I would like you to know I didn't "claim" that I "showed yourself as a defender of tolerance" but I was this indeed while you profoundly disappointed me...and..one traditional proverb i mention it for a specific purpose so mind it:"so great is who is faultless"

The first thing that one should know and clearly understand about Christianity is what the word "Christ" means itself. The religion of Christ is not named after an abstract, void notion as in the case of Islam which means "the submission or surrender of one's will to the only true god worthy of worship", or of Buddha which means something as unattainable as "enlightment". Nor was it named after a specific people like Judaism comes from the tribe of Judah and Hinduism from the Hindus. Christianity is the true religion of the only true God, the Father of Jesus, and as such, its name represents the central principle of the Holy God's religion; the complete god-love of the Holy Trinity: God, his son Jesus and the Holy Spirit. The greek word "Christos" means that Jesus was the chosen one by whom God decided to speak to humanity in order to save us all. As it is written in the Holy Bible, which is far older than other considered-to-be-sacred books we can find elsewhere, anyone who accepts the name of Jesus will be saved by God in His infinite Mercy. The word also implies "royalty" which is the natural consequence of the return of Jesus when God will rule the Earth Himself. Hence, it was not a new religion borned in the first century, but only the true religion of God re-expressed in its final and definitive form in a New Testament, which means Alliance.

ps.: please pay attention that THESE ARE NOT MY OWN WORDS BUT I ADAPTED THEM FROM ONE SPECIFIC answer I saw above.

Muslims believe in One, Unique, Incomparable God; in the Angels created by Him; in the prophets through whom His revelations were brought to mankind; in the Day of Judgement and individual accountability for actions; in God's complete authority over human destiny and in life after death. Muslims believe in a chain of prophets starting with Adam and including Noah, Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, Joseph, Job, Moses, Aaron, David, Solomon, Elias, Jonah, John the Baptist, and Jesus, peace be upon them. But God's final message to man, a reconfirmation of the eternal message and a summing-up of all that has gone before was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad through Gabriel.

It is strange to ask Muslims why are these drawings are offensive! Do you know what the phrase "cartoon" mean? as wikipedia, cartoon is "In modern print media, a cartoon is a piece of art, usually humorous in intent" -http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartoon- so how you can make fun of a person without insult him?You just do not believe that our prophet is so lovable by this number of Muslims, so think again.

The cartoons disgraced the civilized authors and writers, cartoonists and publishers who love high respect to other and love democracy. Freedom of expression under the banner of democracy means freedom but no insult to other, otherwise it might be freedom with uncivilized and lack of discipline creature. The cartoonists and publishers including Kurt Westergaart who insult other people and religions do not know love, respect and about democracy. They should know the teaching of religions that “if you do good things, you may deserve for it and if you do bad things, you may deserve for it as well”. It would be retribution. Human will not make them suffer but sprits and guardian angel will do.

They may not know the suffering at the moment. However, they will know when they are going to meet their maker. I am sure they will suffer a lot mentally or physically by many means such as pains and disease, injury by accidents before they die. Their sons and daughters, grandsons and grand daughters can also undergo such suffering because of the (drawing abusive cartoons and publishing). The mind of the Kurt Westergaarg and publishers would be unease when they see their kin suffering. At that time they will regret for their past misdeed. I want to see and to hear how they feel, how they groan and how they regret when they are about to die.

dear Win Maung,your perspective is quite clear and easy to understand and it's possible to figure out it's purpose..but, i think the main plot isn't realy "when they'll regret" (at least for me), it's much deeper, u must understand that whereas they didn't refrain from causing such outrage so it's quite obvious they're aiming for something, maybe to start off a 3rd W.W.!!anyhow,these cartoonists proved their real intention to carry out a real peace process,and we are again eye witness for such peace-damager factors.

I want to draw your attention towards this fact that in spite of repeated protests/objections from the Muslim Community of the World which is more than 1,200 Millions of the World population, the following 3 Dutch illegitimate sons/sons of whore/sons of bitches and their illegitimate followers and the Editors of newspapers who are also illegitimate sons/sons of whore/sons of bitches are continuously publishing the sketches of our beloved Prophet PBUH in the newspapers and in print and electronic media. I am very much astonished that these illegitimate sons/sons of whore/sons of bitches says the Muslim as terrorists while these are the terrorists who are constantly breaking this rogue scoundrel freedom of basic human rights and freedom of press and media.

I want to take some very severe legal action against the following illegitimate sons/sons of whore/sons of bitches. For this purpose, I want to know the names of their fathers, if they have any;-

• FLEMING ROSE.• MORGAN VISEN• KURT WESTERGARDO.

You are asks to send me name of fathers of these illegitimate sons/sons of whore/sons of bitches and also tell me the names of the fathers and mothers of all the Nordics who are the followers and friends of them in this bad/abused work and constantly using bad languages against our beloved Prophet PBUH.

If you cannot supply me the names of fathers and mothers of these illegitimate sons/sons of whore/sons of bitches then you must convey the passions of Muslim Community t5o the President, Prime Minister and all other Government Officials on this very bad occasion.

death to cartoonist. i hope it will not be late when you will be hanged by death, your "friends" kill our innocent brothers in palestine and then you say that when we retaliate then we are called terrorsits, there will be a time when islam will truly be established in the world.dont worry your days are numbered "cartoonist" we will pursue you soon !nightmare.May allah dont give you peace & harmony in your life and punish you in this world and make you an example///

I still can not understand how the world still continues to believe that the WTC buildings were brought down by plane crashes, when, by simple view of the videos of the incident which are countless, it is crystal-clear that all 3 buildings were brought down by means of controlled demolition of kind which could only be set by reaching the skeletons of those buildings in a precise manner. What about the big lie of a plane crashing the Pentagon?

Lets be serious, please.

The hoax is full of lies. There exists no reason to accept that the assumption that muslim terrorists are responsible of this mass murder is also a lie.

I still can not understand how the world still continues to believe that the WTC buildings were brought down by plane crashes, when, by simple view of the videos of the incident which are countless, it is crystal-clear that all 3 buildings were brought down by means of controlled demolition of kind which could only be set by reaching the skeletons of those buildings in a precise manner. What about the big lie of a plane crashing the Pentagon?

YOU KNOW IT REALLY HURTS WHEN YO PEOPLE DONT UNDERSTAND WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO SAY OR DONT WANT TO UNDERSTAND.YEAH MAYBE THATS IT.... YOU DONT WANT TO...BECAUSE ALL YOU KNOW ABOUT US IS THAT MUSLIMS ARE TERRORISTS,THEY ARE FUNDAMENTALISTS.HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT WHERE DO YOU GET YOUR INFORMATION FROM I MEAN DO YOU DO YOUR OWN RESEARCHES ON A TOPIC OR DO YOU ONLY BELIEVE IN WHAT YOUR ELECTRONIC AND PRINT MEDIA TELLS YOU.BECAUSE IF THATS SO IT WOUDNT BE HARD FOR THEM TO FOOL YOU.BECAUSE YOU THINK ONLY THEY ARE RELIABLE.HAS ANY OF HAVE TRIED TO "NOT" JUDGE ISLAM BY MUSLIMS TODAY RATHER BY ACTUALLY KNOWING THE RELIGION THE PROPHET.....GOD.JUST TRY ONCE JUST ONCE BUT TRY WITH YOUR HEART.BECAUSE IF ILL EVER BE INTERESTED IN CHRISTIANITY OR ANY OTHER RELIGION I WOULD CERTAINLY DEFINITELY NOT SEE THE FOLLOWERS.THERE ARE BLACK SHEEP IN EVERY SOCIETY,EVEN RELIGION BUT THEN THEY ARE FOLLOWERS WHO ARE EXPLOITING IT .DONT CONDEMN THE TEACHINGS THE FOLLOWERS MAYBE WRONG.IF A CHRISTIAN STEALS FROM ME I WOUDNT GO AROUND SAYING CHRISTIAN ARE THIEVES JUST BECAUSE OF THAT ONE PERSON.ALL OF US GET HURT OR INFURIATED IF SOMEONE WE LOVE IS HUMILIATED SPECIALLY FOR SOME THING HE IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR.WE MUSLIMS WERE HURT ITS NOT ABOUT HOW MILD THE CARICATURES WERE BUT THEY WERE INSULTING.THATS IS FACT.THATS FOR SURE.OUR PROPHET HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.HE WAS A VERY VERY HUMBLE MODEST PERSON.HE NEVER DESERVES ANY ANY KIND OF INSULT WHETHER BIG OR SMALL.HE NEVER SAID TO PEOPLE LIKE CRAZY.WHEN HE CONQUERED MAKKA BEFORE IT HE ORDERED ALL MUSLIMS NOT TO KILL ANY PERSON WHO SURRENDERS OR MEANS NO HARM AND EVEN TOLD THEM TO ESCORT THAT MAN TO A SAFE PERSON.HE EVEN FORGAVE THE WOMAN WHO ATE HIS UNCLE'S LIVER.AS FOR HIS MARRIAGE TO AYESHA,WHO WAS VERY YOUNG.HE DIDNT MARRY HER HIMSELF HE WAS ASKED BY HER PARENTS TO MARRY HER.THEY ASKED HIM TO MARRY HER WHEN SHE WA 6 BUT HE REFUSED AT THAT TIME BECAUSE SHE WAS TOO YOUNG.WHEN SHE TURNED NINE THEN HE TOOK HER HOME AS HIS WIFE AND FOR MANY F YOU WHO DONT KNOW THAT AT THAT TIME AND EVEN NOW GIRLS TURN TO PUBERTY AT THE AGE OF 9,10 OR 11.AT THIS IS AN AGE WHEN THE GIRL STARTS BECOMING SENSIBLE SO SHE KNEW WHAT HAD HAPPENED.OUR PROPHET TREATED HER WITH GREAT AFFECTION HE EVEN USED TO RACE HER.HAZRAT AYESHA'S FRIENDS WOULD COME OVER AND PLAY WITH HER AND HE NEVER STOPPED THEM.SHE LOVED THE RPOPHET GREATLY SHE WAS ONLY 18 WHEN OUR PROPHET PASSED AWAY BUT SHE DIDNT MARRY ANOTHER MA.THIS IS MY PROPHET THIS IS MUHAMMAD THE MAN I LOOK UP TO.I LOVE AND WILL ALWAYS DO BECAUSE I "KNOW" HIM.I RESPECT LOVE ALL HUMANS... CHRISTIANS ,ATHIESTS,HINDUS WHO SOEVER BACAUSE THIS IS WHAT MY PROPHET TAUGHT ME.THERE IS NO WAY THAT PORTRAIT OF THE PERSON HAVING A TURBAN AND A BOMB CAN PORTRAY MY PROPHET AND MAYBE YOU PEOPLE WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND HOW PAINFUL IT WAS TO SEE HIS PORTRAITS.AFTER READING YOUR COMMENTS I HAVE COME TO KNOW THAT YOU NO NOTHING ABOUT ISLAM AND PROPHET MUHAMMAD S.A.W.I KNOW THERE ARE POLITICS IN EVERY RELIGION.BUT THEN IT IS THEM WHO SHOULD BE UNVEILED AND PUNISHED NOT SOMEONE WHO HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.ATIEST YOU SAY THAT DENMARK HAS RULES AND LAWS BUT WHAT IS THE USE OF LAWS THAT CANT EVEN RESPECT OTHERS' HONOUR.IF A PERSON SAYS THAT 6 MILLION JEWS WERE NOT KILLED IN 2 WORLD WAR,HE IS PUNISHED AND WHEN A PROPHET WHO EVEN HAS A CLEAN RECORD IS INSULTED YOU HAVE NO LAW AND YOU JUST SAY SORRY WE CANT PUNISH A PERSON WHO MADE BLASPHEMOUS CARTOONS OF SOMEONE VERY SACRED TO MUSLIMS.WHAT DOES THIS SHOE "DISCRIMINATION" AND YOU BLAME US FOR IT .ITS LIKE SAYING HEY WE HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH YOUR PROPHET.YEAH MAYBE WE DONT FUND YOU PEOPLE THE WAY JEWS DO.AND ABOUT 9/11 THERE IS ALWAYS AN INSIDE STORY TO EVERY INCIDENT.THERE ARE ALWAYS POLITICAL BENEFITS.

The problem is not about religion, war, or online insulting which i find particularly funny. It is about free press. Free press is threated when newspapers, universities, etc refuse to publish these cartoons. Free press allows any type of information to be published, there is nothing illegal about it; it is actually the opposite, but newspapers are not giving an answer for this for some reason. If there was not freedom of speech, modern civilizations would be stepping backwards in time, perhaps to the middle age, where the saint inquisition controlled all writen statements, and even non writen ones. Or even communism, where freedom of speech was also abolished. We all know how that ended.

Really? how do you insult a "prophet" who married a six-year-old? a pervert! so far from holy, the east is kissing the west.and had all-out sex with her at nine, I read in Islamic literature. She never had kids...probably because this PERV scarred her so badly inside from forcing a little body to accept a grown man's private part. You've got serious problems worshiping a "man" who would've been on American's Most Wanted sex offender list!!! deny that, it's a fact documented in your own books. There's more, but I'll just leave it at that. The True Allah, and His Son Yassua, are in the Arabic Bible, for all to read. Read, be saved from sin, by the martyr's blood already shed for you, Rabbi Yassua's blood, and then you WILL go to heaven....! praise Allah of the Arabic Bible. amen.

The cartoon won't be the first or the last matter insulting Islam. There will always be people who will defame Muslims and their religion.

You can try to explain to these people but it is of no use cause they are not willing to listen.

For example, it doesn't matter whether people of the past marry off their daughters at very young ages. Maybe 7,8 or 9 or once they reached puberty. No matter where they came from, many societies all over the world practiced this before. Cause all it matters to these people is that Muhammad does it so he is THE P**V**T.

it does not matter to these people that they quote the Quran in just a few sentences. As long as it shows that Muslims kill non believers. They don't bother to add the part that says to kill in order to defend themselves at that time but yeah who cares right?

Islam will always be under scrutiny and scorn. Years ago, now and years on. THE TRUTH will always be insulted and mangled and framed. It will always be a topic in the newspaper.

Muslims can say all they want that they are against terrorism but some bad apples or missionaries will make sure that no one believes. The media meanwhile laps it up like a dog and has a field day.

Frankly it has been a field day since 9/11. Before this I believe not many even know who are Muslims. Before this nobody knows who is Osama. Hell, even majority of Muslims don't know who the bugger is before that tragic date.

My condolences to all 9/11 victims and their families. And to all innocents who have lost their lives and their family all over the world since then. A non Muslim or a Muslim. A life is a life.

Since the early start of humanity, always a fight between good and bad/evil.

Evil uses all kinds of tools to relay its message (media, sex, hypocrisy, lies,power,money,....)in order to turn people to slave and atheists, worshiping matter and just consumers running daily how to satisfy the banks and insurance companies.

All prophets came on earth were freedom fighters (David and the giants,Moses and the Pharaohs,Jesus and the rabbis of the temple,Mohammed and the rich people of Mecca) and the ones who planted the seeds of revolution against oppressin, in order human being to be free and live with dignity.

At the end, the scientific fact shows that only two ideologies are growing and all the others are dying off:it is Islam (the good) and Atheism (Evil), and the end of the world will be like the start (good against Evil).

Their cartoons is another way of fighting good,and always there is another way, and the fight will continue and we are soldiers of spreading the light and good in the whole world.